common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
chair; stool; post; office; position
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
dust jacket; book jacket; dust wrapper; dust cover
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
(actor) relying on acting skills (rather than good looks, etc.)
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
to begin to walk; to set out
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
beyond that point; after that
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to drop; to let fall; to omit